Garment pattern grading implement



SCPL 24, 1940- z. GLlcK 2,215,499 GARMENT PATTERN GRADING IMPLEMENI Filed June 2l, 1940 z3 15 f3 z3 H /jj /13 K '|Kf lf l f INVENToR J 4f Zai/nan @Zick ATTO EY Patented Sept. 24, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFF'CE 2,215,499 GARMENT PATTERN GRADING IIVPLEIIIENT v Zalman Glick, New York, N. Y.

Application June 21, 1940, Serial No. 341,598

4 Claims.

This invention relates to an implement for therewith recording grading marks for garment pattern work. In the making of garment patterns of various sizes, the work is conducted by first creating a'rnaster pattern of predetermined size, and thereafter the other sizes, usually larger ones, are made up by shifting the master pattern longitudinally and laterally upon a sheet and therewith marking upon said sheet the new lines for the borders of the enlarged pattern, thereby utilizing the edges of the master pattern for the outline marking. The extents of elongations or lateral enlargements for drafting the outlines of all pattern sizes are all standardized and well known to the operatives, and in carrying out this work the operative first records all thev required relative extensions upon the master pattern, which recording having been thus performed permits him to readily and conveniently shift the pattern for therewith marking the outlines of the new pattern. This recording is carried out with an ordinary rule and pencil, with the aid of which a series of many marks is made upon the master pattern or upon the sheet for the new pattern, ranging in dimensions from 11g to any other fractional distances below or over an inch.

The above described recording of the grading marks with common rule and pencil is diicult, time consuming, and subject to inaccuracies inherent in the method, and it is the principal object of my invention to remedy these disadvantages and to provide an implement wherewith garment pattern grading marking may beperformed with readiness, ease, rapidity, conven- 35 ience, accuracy, and eiciency.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawing- Fig. 1 isA a general plan view of the garment pattern grading implement constituting the invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse cross-sectional end elevation of the implement, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 shows a fragmentary portion of a pattern sheet, as it appears after the grading marking thereupon has been performed with the utilization of the implement of the invention.

Figs. 4, 5, 6 are plan views showing modifications of the invention.

The implement I comprises a base plate 2 having along one edge 3 thereof a rail portion 4, from which projects a wall 5 that lies over and parallel to the surface of plate 2, Figs. 1, 2. The wall 5 is provided with indentations 6 forming a plurality of horizontal edges 'I and a series of vertical edges 8, all of which edges correspond toseries of markings 1a, 8a,- Fig. 3, as may be required for any predetermined grading marks for particular garment pattern work. The edges 'I andl markings la. corresponding to lateral displacements and the edges 8 and markings 8a to elongated extensions as are required for pattern sizes. y

When therefore it is desired to utilize this implement for performing the garment pattern grading marking, the master pattern 9 or a sheet Ill, Fig. 3, which is to be converted into a pattern of larger size, is placed upon the plate 2 of the implement and between it and the overlapping wall 5 thereof, with its edge I I bearing against the rail 4 for guidance and alignment of the sheet. Thereupon the operative may utilize the edges l, 8 of the implement to therealong produce with a pencil the markings 1a, 8a, as required for the pattern grading, in the manner illustrated in Fig. 3. These markings having been thus produced they may be utilized by the pattern grader for drafting the outline of a larger pattern 9a, illustrated in Fig. 1, by shifting the master pattern longitudinally and laterally in conformity with the markings 1a., 8a, and drawing the borders of the new pattern along the several edges of the master pattern. The plate 2 is preferably provided with a usual scale Il and an end scale I8 for convenient checking uses 4during the grading work.

According to the modication shown in Fig. 4, the implement Wall 5 is provided with series of perforations I2 corresponding to the elongated and lateral distances required in pattern grading, through which perforations the operative may protrude a pencil onto the pattern sheet and thereby produce markings thereon for grading work.

In the modication shown in Fig. 5, series of slits I3 are formed in the implement wall 5, that are similarly requisitely spaced for creating markings for the pattern grading work.

In Fig. 6 the implement wall 5 is shown with large openings I4, the edges I5, I6 of which provide series for therewith marking the pattern sheet for the grading Work.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A garment pattern grading'implement having the combination of a plate for thereupon' placing a pattern sheet, said plate having a rail therealong for thereagainst leveling an edge of said sheet, a wall projecting from said railover and in parallelism with said plate for retention of said edge, said wall having a series of members for guiding a marker to record elongation marks upon said sheet for grading work, and said Wall having a series of members for guiding a marker to record marks of lateral grading upon said sheet.

2. A garment pattern grading implement hav-` ing the combination of a plate forthereupon placing a pattern sheet, said plate having a rail therealong for thereagainst leveling an edge of said sheet, wall projecting from said rail over and in parallelism with said plate for retention of said edge, said wall having a series of edges for therewith marking lines of elongation upon said sheet for grading work, and said wall having a series of edges for therewith marking lateral lines upon said sheet for grading work.

3. A garment pattern grading implement having the combination of a plate for thereupon placing a pattern sheet, said plate having a rail therealong for thereagainst leveling an edge of said sheet, a wall projecting from said rail over and in parallelism with said plate for retention of said edge,`said Wall having a series of perforations for therewith marking lines of elongation upon said sheet for grading work, and said wall having a series of perforations for therewith marking lateral lines upon said sheet for grading work.

4. A garment pattern grading implement having the combination of a plate for thereupon placing a pattern sheet, said plate having a rail therealong for thereagainst leveling an edge of said sheet, a wall projecting from said rail over and in parallelism with said plate for retention of said edge, said wall having a series of slits for therewith marking lines of elongation upon said sheet for grading work, and said wall having a series of slits for therewith marking lateral lines upon said sheet for grading work.

ZALMAN GLICK. 

